Boston Climate Tech: Jan 16-Jan 31, 2023
Boston Climate Tech: Jan 16-Jan 31, 2023
MIT Climate & Energy Prize, BioInnovation X Climate night, YPE Boston Happy Hour & more
Hi all!
This is the Boston Climate Tech newsletter. This newsletter is a digest of community-submitted in-person climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next two weeks or so.
This week, I wanted to share some of the other newsletters in the Climate Tech Cities network. Be sure to check out their newsletters if you are visiting or have friends in those cities!
(they had over 2500 members and 400 events in 2022!)
As always, for the full calendar, check out https://airtable.cool/shrfu1ovRrNCh7SGy . To submit events, use this form
Cheers,
BioInnovation x Climate Night: 1/18 Wed
At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth, with Madeline Ostrander - MIT Events: 1/24 Tue
YPE Boston January Happy Hour: 1/25 Wed
Slow Fashion: Mending for Sustainability - MIT Events: 1/30 Mon
Environmental Sensing and Opportunistic Air Quality Monitoring: Coding Workshop - MIT Events: 1/31 Tue
BioInnovation x Climate Night
🕑 Start time
1/18/2023 Wed 4:00 PM
🕓 End time
1/18/2023 Wed 8:00 PM
📍Location
The Engine
📍Address
750 Main Street, Cambridge, MA
📝 Notes
You are invited to Vectors Capital's inaugural Boston event! The BioInnovation X Climate Night is a chance to hear from industry insiders, connect with founders committed to reversing climate change through biological innovations, and meet the Vectors Angel network and members of the MIT-derived fund, The Engine. This an excellent opportunity to expand your network, learn about advances at the intersection of biotechnology and climate, and find your next deal.
Thank you to our sponsors at First Republic Bank for your support!
If you are a founder and would like to pitch at the BioInnovation X Climate Night, please sign up here
🔗 Registration link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bioinnovation-x-climate-night-tickets-483434384257
Last day to apply to MIT Climate & Energy Prize
🕑 Start time
1/20/2023 Fri 12:00 AM
🕓 End time
1/21/2023 Sat 12:00 AM
📍Location
Virtual
📍Address
📝 Notes
MIT CEP is the oldest and largest student led climate pitch competition. Participate for over $100,000 usd in non-dilutive funding for your startup idea.
Visit https://cep.mit.edu for more information!
🔗 Registration link
At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth, with Madeline Ostrander - MIT Events
🕑 Start time
1/24/2023 Tue 7:00 PM
🕓 End time
1/24/2023 Tue 7:00 PM
📍Location
Virtual
📍Address
📝 Notes
As part of the Boston Public Library's Central Author Talk Series, science journalist and author Madeline Ostrander will discuss her recently published book At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth as part of the Boston Public Library's theme of climate justice activism. Acting as interlocutor for this conversation is Greg M. Epstein, Humanist chaplain at Harvard and MIT, Convener for Ethical Life at MIT's Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life, and New York Times bestselling author. Following their discussion, there will be time for audience Q&A.
Porter Square Books will be supplying books for this event, and all books ordered through them will come with a bookplate signed by the author. Order here, and put in BPLEVENT23 as a coupon code in your order.
🔗 Registration link
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/unrulyplanet
YPE Boston January Happy Hour
🕑 Start time
1/25/2023 Wed 6:30 PM
🕓 End time
1/25/2023 Wed 9:30 PM
📍Location
Granary Tavern
📍Address
170 Milk Street Boston, MA 02109
📝 Notes
Is your New Year's resolution to get more involved in your community? Start the year off strong by joining Young Professionals in Energy Boston and other energy enthusiasts to celebrate 2023!
🔗 Registration link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ype-boston-january-happy-hour-tickets-503377534757
Slow Fashion: Mending for Sustainability - MIT Events
🕑 Start time
1/30/2023 Mon 12:00 PM
🕓 End time
1/30/2023 Mon 12:00 PM
📍Location
MIT E19-202
📍Address
40 Ames StCambridge, MA 02142
📝 Notes
Fast fashion is one of the leading offenders of environmental pollution, human rights abuses, and overconsumption. Unlike many looming challenges, we as the consumers have the power to divest by choosing responsible clothing and making it last longer.
Join us for an empowering hour where we build not only your mending know-how, but also a common ground of sustainable fashion.
This event is open to the entire MIT community, but space is limited to 30 attendees. Lunch will be served (note dietary restrictions on the sign up form). Please register in advance and indicate any dietary needs by emailing [email protected].
🔗 Registration link
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/slow_fashion_mending_for_sustainability
Environmental Sensing and Opportunistic Air Quality Monitoring: Coding Workshop - MIT Events
🕑 Start time
1/31/2023 Tue 1:00 PM
🕓 End time
1/31/2023 Tue 4:00 PM
📍Location
MIT Building 9-217
📍Address
Samuel Tak, Lee building105 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02142
📝 Notes
In this workshop, participants will engage with, learn from, and understand patterns in environmental data, using the results and data from MIT’s City Scanner, a low-cost sensing platform that has been deployed in several cities including Cambridge and NYC. The activity centers around a workshop and coding activity focusing on providing an overview of environmental data collection and analysis, including plotting trends, detecting pollution hotspots, and producing air quality maps. The workshop will begin with a background lecture providing an overview of the science of environmental sensing, common measurement techniques, and key pollutants to track. Students will then begin to work on an interactive Python coding exercise. No previous knowledge is required, all are welcome
🔗 Registration link